Compressor

Compressor

By Apple

  • Category: Photo & Video
  • Release Date: 2011-06-21
  • Current Version: 4.10.1
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 67.06 MB
  • Developer: Apple
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 14.6 or later.

Description

Compressor integrates tightly with Final Cut Pro and Motion to add power and flexibility to your video conversions. Quickly customize output settings, enhance images, and package your movie for sale on the iTunes Store. Easily set up distributed encoding using other Mac computers. Advanced Encoding for Final Cut Pro • Use Compressor to customize encoding settings for use in Final Cut Pro and Motion • Set up batch processes to streamline the encoding of large numbers of files • Create self-contained Droplets to encode on the desktop with drag-and-drop ease • Automatically encode videos that are added to selected folders in the file system • Encode videos recorded with iPhone in Cinematic mode (requires macOS Monterey or later) • Unrivaled performance with optimizations for the latest generation of Apple silicon iTunes Store Package Creation • Import and organize your movie, trailer, closed captions, audio descriptions, and subtitles into an iTunes Store-compliant package for submission to an Apple-certified iTunes delivery partner • Audition video with any audio, caption, or subtitle to verify sync • Built-in error detection helps you identify issues with your iTunes Store Package • Deliver HDR video as P3 D65 PQ, Rec. 2020 HLG, and Rec. 2020 PQ for HDR10 • Support in the iTunes Store Package to link a Dolby Vision graded video file to a Dolby Vision XML Support for Industry Standards • Encode to a broad range of industry standard formats including HEVC, MV-HEVC, H.264, MXF and ProRes • Import Targa, DPX, TIFF, PSD, PNG or OpenEXR image sequences and encode them using any setting • Create, view, adjust, and deliver closed captions in CEA-608, SRT, and iTT formats Pristine Format Conversions • Convert any file between formats — such as NTSC to PAL, SD to HD or progressive to interlaced video • Import and manipulate wide color video, then deliver in standard Rec. 601 and Rec. 709 color spaces or in wide Rec. 2020 color space • Deliver High Dynamic Range (HDR) video with controls for color space conversions and HDR metadata • Deliver HDR video as P3 D65 PQ, Rec. 2020 HLG, and Rec. 2020 PQ • Add effects to your content like custom LUTs, a timecode overlay, and watermarks • Speed up video, slow it down, or adjust the frame rate to make the duration match a runtime • Convert log-encoded video to SDR and HDR color spaces using built in camera LUTs for Panasonic, Sony, Canon, Blackmagic, Nikon and ARRI or add a custom camera LUT • Convert ProRes Raw and ProRes Raw HQ media to other professional file formats • Play and transcode Canon Cinema RAW Light to other video codecs and formats Distributed Encoding • Save time by distributing encoding work among multiple workstations • Install Compressor on any Mac to activate it as a node for distributed encoding System Requirements: macOS 14.6 or later, 8 GB of memory, 1.2 GB of available disk space. Some features require a Mac with Apple silicon.

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Reviews

  • Great when it works how you expect

    3
    By Xavier Jacobs
    Worst problem I’ve had with Compressor is perhaps a bug because no other review seems to mention this. I was exporting a fairly large file and was surprised when I returned to my Mac to find system storage had ran out. Turns out Compressor had been creating massive temporary files but not deleting them. In fact, I couldn’t even manually delete them thru storage management, I actually had to access the hidden library files of my Mac and find the temp folder myself. Even Apple support couldn’t help me with it, they simply recommended I get a large external drive (which I don’t think would’ve mattered in this situation). Aside from that I’ve had some rendering issues with 4k videos where I’d get strange 3-4 second macro blocking in the footage. That could be a problem on the FCP X side of things, I’m really not sure.
  • need help

    4
    By ironmansix
    my facebook/utube options is not showing up in my conpresser app
  • Awesome!

    5
    By Michael Kraus and Lou Richards
    Easy to use…love it. Go Apple!
  • DOES NOT WORK

    1
    By Beernun
    I'm trying to do the simplest task: convert screen captures from an iPad Pro from the defaul 60fps to 30fps and Compressor just renders black or green no matter the settings, codec, Source location, desination, or profile. I've tried coming strait from Apple Photos and the finder from unmodified original exports and Compressor doesn't work. Adobe Media Ecoder works, Handbreak works, but aparently Apple's own Compressor App just can't figure out how to do this simple task.
  • Does the job

    4
    By LonelyCatMan
    Barely used it but I’m writing a review because the APP store keeps popping on front of my screen asking for a review. There are a lot of options and I like being able to adjust the bit rate etc
  • Not Intuitive to Use

    3
    By Paul Solt
    Any time I try to use Compressor I get lost with the complicated UI. Things are non-obvious and I have to relearn what to do every time. Dragging and dropping a file defaults to a format, but not the one you drag too. Files are larger than my source file when I try to compress them. I can use Handbrake to quickly compress a file to a smaller size, but there are no default settings in Compressor to do this same thing. Creating a new preset is confusing and then testing it out is time consuming. I thought I could use the GPU, but it seems to do everything in software on the CPU. I wish it made more sense and had a way to reduce file sizes without jumping through hoops. You cannot successfully export with Compressor on your first try, but you can in Handbrake. If only the presets made sense, and the flow was sensible. It’s maddening when the file you get from compressor is 3GB and the source was only 100-200MB. Show me how to use this app …
  • Missing DVD Buring

    3
    By Still Burning DVDs
    I still burn DVDs, Dual Layer DVDs and Blue Rays. Please put the coding back into compressor. Just because something is old does not mean it is out of date. What harm is there in leaving the feature of burning DVD’s in Compressor. That is why I gave it a 3 star rating.
  • Not Satisfied.

    1
    By CaliBoi420
    Export quality does not hold up next to Adobe Media Encoder
  • Good, but support is minimal

    4
    By KloderTX
    I’d started writing this as 5 star until I encountered a bug that’s apparently been around for years, but never addressed. For some reason (latest version of Compressor, M2 Pro Mini, Sequoia), a video I send to Compressor gets rendered with a gray “download” arrow in the first couple of frames. This happens only when I Send to Compressor (new batch), but if I Share from FCP and select the same output format, it renders Ok, though now FCP is tied up. The *whole point* of Compressor, for me, is to decouple the rendering while I’m working on something else. I see in the Apple community this problem has appeared for years and never a response from Apple. So, disappointing.
  • Stopped working with most recent update

    2
    By choglatemilg
    I really liked this app until it stopped processing my videos and only gives me a generic error code so i have no way to figure out whats triggering the error. im not doing anything crazy, i can process the video through FCPX but when i try to send it to compressor it fails every single time. very frustrating

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